Re: Lenovo ThinkPad E15 USB C docking port

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll bet the receptacle in the laptop is failing, not the external stuff.
 That's why I have carried the extended warranty on the laptops at Agile,
usually they just replace the entire thing since that's hardwired into the
motherboard.  We keep the storage unit and swap them into the new system
when  that happens.  Now though with the storage integrated into the
system, that's going to become somewhat more tiresome......

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:31 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E15. When I am in the office I use this brick
> looking thing as a docking station which attaches via a USB-C cable.
> The cable is hyper sensitive where it plugs into the laptop.  The slightest
> motion and I lose connections to the monitors, and often the ethernet
> cable, plugged into the brick.  Generally the charging keeps going though.
> We've tried new bricks and new cables.  And yes, an upgraded brick does
> require a newer cable even though the cable looks exactly identical or the
> connection won't work at all.
>
> 1)  I've thought about wedging something underneath the cable, etc to
> stabilize it.
> 2)  When the monitors are dropped it's a challenge to get the windows back
> to the laptop.  I often have to totally unplug the brick cable so the
> laptop fully realizes that it's lost connection to the brick.  That brings
> the windows back to the laptop.
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